A top-selling pop singer as a teenager in the 1980s, she also had an award-winning career as a dramatic actress.
Category: Actors and Actresses
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Silvia Pinal, Golden Age Star of Mexican Cinema, Is Dead
She found outsize success in her native land and gained international recognition for her work with the acclaimed Spanish surrealist director Luis Buñuel.
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‘Wicked’ Alumnae Class Notes: What They Learned at Shiz University
Only the women who’ve played Elphaba and Glinda in the show’s two decades onstage understand why the roles are so taxing — and so rewarding, too.
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Indiana Jones Chooses Wisely: The Biggest Voice in Gaming
Troy Baker, the industry’s go-to voice actor, channels a young Harrison Ford in the action-adventure Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
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Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward’s New York Penthouse Is Listed for $9.95 Million
The celebrated couple bought the co-op overlooking Central Park in the early 1980s and used it as a pied-à-terre — and for big, splashy parties.
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In the ’90s, She Was a Surprise Oscar Nominee. It May Happen Again.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s lead role in “Hard Truths,” directed by Mike Leigh, is her most substantial onscreen role since “Secrets and Lies” earned them Academy Award nominations in 1997.
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When a Baby Killer Isn’t a Straightforward Villain
The real-life murderer who inspired “The Girl With the Needle” was “a monster,” said the actress who plays her, “but the movie is also about showing you her struggles.”
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Is the Awkward ‘Diversity Era’ of Hollywood Behind Us?
The past decade’s clumsiest attempts to cram new faces into old stories now feel like a moment, and a genre, of their own.
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Kieran Culkin Could Rule Oscar Season. He’d Rather Be at Home.
The “Succession” actor is an awards front-runner for “A Real Pain,” but his actual priority is being a dad: “That’s the whole point of life.”
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Is Robert Pattinson the Last True Movie Star?
He may have wanted to be an actor without being a celebrity. But then he turned his fame into its own kind of performance.
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When Life Becomes a Performance
From movie stars to the singularly strange creative talents who rule New York, the freest people are the ones who chart their own course.